"Kabuterimon's Electro Shocker" ("Lightning! Kabuterimon") Biyomon Digivolves into Birdramon to protect Sora and the village, destroying the Black Gear and restoring Meramon's usual self. They are taken to a nearby water spring, which his connected to Mount Miharashi, but they discover that the spring has dried up due to a fire demon Digimon named Meramon coming under control of a Black Gear, a gear that mind controls good Digimon. The group leaves the forest and reach a desert, where they find a village of Yokomon. Transcription: " Shakunetsu! Bādoramon" ( Japanese: 灼熱! バードラモン) "Biyomon Gets Firepower " ("Scorching Heat! Birdramon") Gabumon Digivolves into Garurumon and defeats Seadramon, rescuing him. is in danger, Matt confronts Seadramon and is captured. Tai accidentally awakens a sea dragon Digimon named Seadramon by burning his tail, who pulls the island that the trolley car sits on into the middle of the lake. The group discover a trolley car by a lake, where they decide to spend the night. Transcription: " Aoki Ōkami! Garurumon" ( Japanese: 蒼き狼! ガルルモン) Agumon is the only Digimon capable of fighting due to eating, and when Tai is captured by Shellmon, Agumon Digivolves into Greymon and throws Shellmon into the ocean. Hoping to find a way home, they are suddenly attacked by a shellfish Digimon named Shellmon. The children find themselves at a beach, where they find non-functioning telephone booths. Transcription: " Bakuretsu Shinka! Gureimon" ( Japanese: 爆裂進化! グレイモン) "The Birth of Greymon" ("Explosive Evolution! Greymon")
However, Kuwagamon causes the cliff to collapse underneath them and they fall into the river. When they are attacked by a beetle Digimon named Kuwagamon, the Digimon Digivolve into their Rookie forms: Agumon, Gabumon, Biyomon, Tentomon, Palmon, Gomamon and Patamon respectively, and defeat him. The kids' Digimon include Koromon, Tsunomon, Yokomon, Motimon, Tanemon, Bukamon and Tokomon. Takaishi are each given a strange device called a Digivice and are swept off into the Digital World a world inhabited by digital monsters called Digimon, where they are found by seven Digimon of their own. Transcription: " Hyōryū? Bōken no Shima!" ( Japanese: 漂流? 冒険の島!)Īt summer camp, a group of 7 kids: Tai Kamiya, Matt Ishida, Sora Takenouchi, Izzy Izumi, Mimi Tachikawa, Joe Kido and T.K.
"And So it Begins." ("Adrift? The Island of Adventure!") The show initially aired on Fox Kids Network and Fox Family Channel before distribution rights were sold to Disney through BVS and ABC Family Worldwide, later airing on Toon Disney and the rebranded ABC Family. The English opening featured an original composition by Paul Gordon.ĭigimon Adventure was licensed by Saban Entertainment in North America under the name Digimon: Digital Monsters. Kōji Wada's song " Butter-Fly" was used as the opening theme for the series, and Ai Maeda's (credited as AiM) songs "I wish" and "Keep on" were used as ending themes. Two pieces of theme music were used in the original version of the series. On August 1, 2013, the show became available for streaming in both its English and Japanese versions on Netflix in North America. Digimon Adventure has been compiled into DVD box sets by Bandai Visual and Happinet in Japan and by Cinedigm in North America.
Overall licensing of English-language material of the series was managed by Saban Entertainment, which was eventually acquired by The Walt Disney Company. The series premiered on August 14, 1999, in the United States. The series was followed in 2000 with a sequel titled Digimon Adventure 02.ĭigimon Adventure was broadcast with English dubbing in the United States on Fox Kids and in Canada on YTV.
The story revolves around a group of elementary school students known as the DigiDestined, who are transported to a parallel Digital World and find themselves in a quest to save it from evil forces with the help of their partner creatures. The series was directed by Hiroyuki Kakudō and produced by Keisuke Okuda, featuring music composition by Takanori Arisawa and character designs by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru. It began broadcasting in Japan on Fuji Television on March 7, 1999, and ended on March 26, 2000. Digimon Adventure is an anime series produced by Toei Animation.